[CPEO-MEF] Energy Department reports Hanford (WA) problems

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. unveils report on problems at Hanford

By Warren Cornwall
Seattle Times
December 7, 2005

Amid pressure from Washington state political leaders, the U.S. 
Department of Energy on Tuesday released a closely held report that is 
critical of some work at a plant being built to clean up some of the 
worst contamination at Hanford's former nuclear-weapons factories.

But in the version released to the public, the department blacked out 
portions related to criticism of spending by Bechtel National, the 
contractor building the plant, and to contract disputes between the 
department and Bechtel, according to a complete copy of the report 
previously leaked to The Seattle Times.

The redacted sections detail disagreements between Bechtel and the 
Department of Energy (DOE) over responsibility for higher costs to deal 
with fire-proofing of buildings and the buildup of explosive hydrogen 
gas, among other things. The department also removed sections saying the 
current contract may be ineffective.

...

For the entire article, as well as links to the full Energy Department 
report. go to
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=hanford07m&date=20051207&query=Hanford

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